Insect-destroyer.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GALLOWAY, OF PALMYRA, ILLINOIS.

INSECTHDESTROYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 636,973, datedNovember 14, 1899.

Application filed J' une 21, 1899.

To all w/wm it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN GALLOWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palmyra, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Insect-Destroyer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to insect-destroyers of that class embodying an inflammable material which is adapted to be lighted and the flame thereof employed to burn or scorch the insects.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved form of absorbent material which is adapted to supply kerosene-oil or like inflammable liquid to a wick carried by the absorbent.

A further object is to provide an improved casing for housing the absorbent and having means for increasing the power of the fiame and to deflect the latter in a broad sheet to one side of the implement, so as to effectively reach the corners and angular places of a poultry-house or the like.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims,it being understood that the improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the implement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. Sis a transverse sectional view taken on theline Qc a, of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view` showing the form in which the inammable material is made. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the casing or housing is formed.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a housing or casing formed from a single blank of metal, as best illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. This blank is bent into substantially U shape, so as to form a Serial No. 721,357. (No model.)

back A and the opposite sides B, the opposite transverse edges of the blank being provided with a pair of parallel slits C, which are alined with the bends formed between the backAand the opposite side sections B,tl1ere by forming opposite end wings D and side wings E. The free edge of one of the sides B is provided with an outwardly-extending liange F, which extends the entire length of said side. This housing or casing is adapted to contain an absorbent material 2, which is preferably in the form of a porous brick, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. By particular reference to Figs. l, 2, and 3 it will be noted that the opposite sides of the housing embrace the absorbent material and the wings at one end of the housing embrace the adjacent end of the absorbent material, so that the latter is entirely housed, with the exception of one longitudinal edge 5. The* flange F projects beyond and is bent transversely across this exposed edge of `the absorbent material, and the opposite side of the housing terminates short of the exposed edge of the absorbent, as at 7, for the purpose as will be hereinafter more fully described. The housing is firmly bound upon the absorbent by means of wire loops or ties 3 and 4, respectively, one of which embraces the housing longitudinally and the other transversely thereof.

Fitted to an opening 8, formed centrally through the back of the housing, is a pipe 9, communicating with the interior of the housing and providing a handle for the implement, and the outer end of the pipe is provided with a iieXible tube l0, having a mouthpiece 11, of hard rubber or other suitable material,where by an air-blast may be directed into the interior of the housing for a purpose as will hereinafter appear. It will be noted that the ends of the wire loops 3 and 4 are wrapped around the base of the pipe 9 and adjacent to the back of the housing, and the wings E and the flange F are provided with notches G and H, respectively, which receive the respective loops, so as to prevent accidental displacement.

lBy reference to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the absorbent material is provided with a groove 12, extending longitudinally across the back thereof, and is intersected by a plu- IOO rality of transverse grooves 13, all of which open out at opposite sides of the material. The opposite sides of the material are also provided with transverse grooves 14, communicating at their upper ends with the adjacent ends of the respective grooves 13 and opening outward at the exposed edge of the material, and similar grooves 14' are provided in the opposite ends of the material and communicate with the respective ends of the longitudinal groove 12. Intermediate of the ends of the longitudinal groove 12 and at the point where the central transverse groove intersects the groove 12 the back of the absorbent material is provided with a socket or recess 15, adapted to receive the inner end of the tube 9, which projects slightly into the interior of the housing, so as to provide a firm connection therewith.

The free edge 5 of the absorbent material is provided with a longitudinal recess 16, in which is fitted a wick 17, of asbestos or like material, which is maintained in a saturated condition by means of the inflammable liquid held bythe absorbent material.

In the operation of the device the absorbent material is saturated with kerosene-oil or other suitable inflammable liquid, so as to prevent spilling of the latter and at the same time maintain the wick in its proper saturated condition. The wick is then lighted, and by reason of the overhanging flange F and the opposite side of the casing terminating short of the exposed face of the absorbent the flame will be directed in a broad sheet transversely across the exposed edge 5, so that the flame may be effectively directed into corners and other usually inaccessible places. Should it be desired to increase the power of' the flame and also the size thereof, it is sim ply necessary to blow into the mouthpiece 11 and the airblast will be conveyed through the pipe or hollow handle 9 and the several grooves in the absorbent material, as will be readily understood.

In order that the smoke and gas may not return through the hollow handle 9 and to the operator, a suitable valve 18 is provided in the flexible tube 10 and adjacent to the mouthpiece 11, said valve permitting the air to flow from the mouthpiece to the casing, but preventing a reverse movement thereof.

1. In an insect-destroyer of the class described, the combination with a casing or housing having an operating-handle, and an overhanging flange, of an absorbent material inclosed by the casing or housing, and awick fitted to the absorbent material and located adjacent to the overhanging flange of the casing, whereby said flange is adapted to defleet and spread the flame of the wick, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an insect-destroyer of the class described, the combination with a substantially U-shaped casing or housing formed from a single blank of metal bent intermediate of its ends and provided with an overhanging inturned flange at the open end of the casing, and a handle, of an absorbent material fitted in the casing or housing and provided in the exposed edge thereof with a wick located adjacent to the flange of the casing or housing, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an insect-destroyer of the class described, the combination with a casing or housing having a pipe communicating with the interior thereof, of an absorbent material inclosed within the casing or housing and provided with grooves in communication with a pipe, and a wick carried by the absorbent, the pipe and the grooves being adapt-ed to convey a current of air to the flame of the wick, substantially as shown and described.

4:. In an insect-destroyer of the class described, the combination with a substantially U-shaped casing or housing having apipe fitted to the back and communicating with the interior thereof, of an absorbent material fitted in the casing or housing and provided in one edge with a longitudinal groove, transverse grooves intersecting the longitudinal groove, and in opposite faces with grooves communicating with the opposite ends of the intersecting transverse grooves and opening out through the opposite edge of the absorbent, and a wick carried by the absorbent and located between the open discharge ends of the grooves, substantially as shown and described. l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GALLOWAY.

Witnesses:

SCOTT ETTER, J K. BLEvINs.

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